Sleestak attack. First look at LAND OF THE LOST!

Posted by Matt Holmes. Last modified on April 29th, 2008 at 11:24am

Sleestak attack. First look at LAND OF THE LOST!

Looks to me like they are making Land of the Lost into a Dr. Who-like kids creature feature.

To be honest, I shouldn’t make statements like that because I’m not familiar with the series. That’s just the vibe I’m getting so far.

Here’s our first official look at the movie from USA Today with an image of the Sleestaks, one-horned lizard creatures who are not all too friendly.

From director Brad Silberling (Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events), the adventure/comedy is based on the 70’s t.v. show of the same name and revolves around a paleontologist (you know - Ross’ job in Friends) and a macho tour guide who stumble across a strange world inhabited by dinosaurs, monkey people and reptilian Sleestaks.

Danny McBride & Anna Friel co-star.

The Universal feature is currently filming and will be released July 17th 2009.

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The Sleestak were the only reason the original series managed to become popular. The rest of it was pure idiocy; cheap puppets, even cheaper sets, and terrible acting. The Sleestak, however, were a masterstroke. They had a great backstory, and were absolutely terrifying. Your analogy of DOCTOR WHO is great; the Sleestak were the Cybermen of seventies American children’s television (not the Daleks, however … the Sleestak were never as popular as the Daleks). I must admit that they got the Sleestak absolutely right, judging from that photo.

This movie, unfortunately, looks like shit otherwise. What exactly is the point of this very expensive extravaganza? Is it to allow Will Ferrell to mug his way through yet another role? Is it to mock the already campy seventies television show? Or is it due solely to the fact that Ferrell already had a ‘fro ready to go from SEMI-PRO?

People will go to the theater to see it because it promises more Ferrell snideness, but I have a bad feeling about this one in the long run.

Comment by Ray | April 29, 2008